Jamie Dodd
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Now, Gilman's interesting because he hasn't been a GM, but he's been around front offices for so long.
So even though you could look at it and say, well, he hasn't done the GM job before, if you brought in someone with a similar resume, that would check a ton of the boxes.
that I'm talking about, and I think that people like Drance want as well.
Raph in the sewer says, is Pridham still available?
That's someone I'd like to see in the front office, or Gilman.
Both guys have been around and have lots of experience.
That's Brandon Pridham, who is in Toronto.
I don't think he has been hired.
I'd have to double check on that one, Raph in the sewer.
That really gets to the question of budget.
Because Brandon Pridham, again, as that, you know, hasn't been a GM, but is a very established front office hand, very well thought of, handled a lot of the salary cap stuff for Toronto, he would be a very expensive AGM or VP hire.
I mean, that would be a great way to check a lot of different boxes.
One, bringing in a needed skill set to the organization, and two, sending a message to your fans and the rest of the league that we have money and we are willing to spend it.
So I mean, Pridham would be incredible.
It certainly would break the mold of the hirings we've seen
so far for the Vancouver Canucks.
This text comes in.
What is the role of Castonguay and Granado as AGMs?
I mean, I want to be hesitant of being too concrete and declarative here, right, because we obviously don't have a perfect understanding of exactly how the front office is operating behind closed doors.
Our understanding is that Castonguay has done a lot of the β